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Register now for this Mitacs Step online workshop that begins on March 16, 2017.

Communicating Your ResearchGood communication skills are essential to a successful research career. This short online workshop highlights the importance of communicating well and focuses on three common communication opportunities that researchers face on a regular basis:

Presentation skills

Writing skills

Poster creation

Facilitated by Dr. Jenn Gardy, you will learn more about the latest tips and techniques to make sure your next conference talk, email or poster presentation is impactful and memorable.

Come join us at our first R-Ladies, London, ON event! This FREE event will feature a tutorial on RMarkdown led by Cortney Hanna.

All experience levels welcome to attend!

Our kick-off event will be held on Saturday, March 4, which coincides with Open Data Day- an annual celebration of open data all over the world. R-Ladies is committed to promoting gender diversity in the R community. While we are a female-driven group, we are fully gender-inclusive.

When: Saturday, March 4 from 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.Where: Health Sciences Building, Room #11What: Kick-off event of R-Ladies #LdnOnt chapter featuring a tutorial on RMarkdown, a dynamic co-working session to test-drive your new skills, and a fun, engaging social atmosphere. Drinks downtown at Milos' to follow!What to bring: Laptop with R& R Studio installed.Contact: ldnont@rladies.org if you have questions!

Statistics Canada is now accepting applications for the position of Research Data Centre Analyst for people residing in Canada and Canadian citizens residing abroad.

Duties

Administers the operation of the Research Data Centre (RDC) for its clients and ensures that the activity is consistent with Statistics Act. This includes activities such as assisting researchers with project preparation, administering RDC access (security checks and contracts), orientating new researchers into the RDC secure computing environment and liaising with the program management.

Responsible for maintaining the integrity of the secure computing environment by ensuring that physical, technical and legal requirements for the operation of an RDC are within standards used by Statistics Canada. This would include assigning tasks to local IT staff as required.

Coordinates and participates in consultations, meetings, committees or working groups.Provides consultation on research methods and data concepts to the RDC researchers in a client service oriented environment while fostering a culture of confidentiality.

Analyzes all interim and final research outputs that leave RDC to ensure that they respect Statistics Canada’s confidentiality protection requirements.

Maintains a liaison between the RDC network and Subject Matter Areas responsible for the Statistics Canada household surveys or administrative data.

Participates in various program wide projects which include a range of activities, such as recommending, documenting, developing and providing advice based on areas of specialization such as confidentiality vetting, use of administrative data, and survey data concepts and methodology.

On Friday, March 10, 2017, the Writing Support Centre is holding its 8th-annual GradWRITE: Graduate Writing Conference. This conference is free and open to all Western graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.

This one-day event is designed to address the specific writing concerns of graduate students, and provide need-to-know strategies to make the most of the writing process.

All sessions are presented by graduate faculty and Writing Support Centre staff. The conference begins with a professor panel entitled "What IS Good Graduate Writing?" Afternoon sessions address topics such as getting published, writing grant proposals, writing beyond the academy, and technical writing.

Antoinette is a chamber opera in one act that dramatizes the final days of Marie Antoinette. Marie will be faced with the consequences of her lifestyle, and locked in conflict with idealistic revolutionary Maximilien Robespierre. This production will feature a small chamber orchestra under the baton of Dylan Maddix, and a cast of five local singers with direction from Patrick Bowman.

This thesis composition is presented as part of Colin McMahon's MMus (Composition) degree.

Staying motivated in graduate school can be challenging, particularly when it is difficult to see the light at the end of the tunnel. In this Learning Skills Services presentation, we will discuss factors that affect motivation, challenges to staying motivated in graduate school, and motivational strategies for graduate students.

Kate Graham, MPA PhD Candidate, Director of Community and Economic Innovation for the City of London, City Manager's Office, will be speaking next Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at 12:30 p.m. in the IGAB Atrium about Perspectives From a Young Emerging Leader.

The Scholars to Leaders Speaker Series is a unique initiative of the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (SGPS) that is open to all students and scholars across all careers at Western – undergraduate, graduate, professional, and postdoctoral. The Series brings students together with university leaders who are uniquely skilled in mentoring candidates as they prepare for next stages of academic competition and global careers. The monthly luncheon events showcase guest speakers who share valuable insight and expertise on critical aspects of leadership from their own career experiences.

The series runs from September to March (except December), and is held on the last Wednesday of every month in the International and Graduate Affairs Building (IGAB) Atrium. No registration required. Pizza is available on a ‘first come, first served’ basis.

We seek submissions from students from across campus for the multi-disciplinary EnviroCon event hosted by the Centre for Environment and Sustainability.

Collaborative and/or interdisciplinary work is encourage. Research should be made accessible to an interdisciplinary audience, and abstracts should be related to the environment and sustainability.This year’s theme is communication.

The event aims to bring together the knowledge and research of undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and community members involved in environment and sustainability.Event registration is free to all graduate students (either as presenters or participants).

This year's keynote speaker will be Maude Barlow of the Council of Canadians.